White-bellied Chachalaca | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Cracidae |
Genus: | Ortalis |
Species: | O. leucogastra |
Binomial name | |
Ortalis leucogastra Gould, 1843 |
The White-bellied Chachalaca (Ortalis leucogastra) is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.